By art. 31 paragraph 3 of the Labor Code introduced a simple and quick way to terminate the individual employment contract, at the initiative of either of the two contracting parties (employer or employee). According to this text, the respective contract can be terminated exclusively, during or at the end of the trial period by a written notification, without notice at the initiative of either party. Without needing to justify it.

The new amendments and completions to the Labour Code brought by the adoption of Law no. 283/2022 required the adoption of a new framework model of the individual employment contract. It was established by the Order of the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity no. 2171/2022 and is made available to employees and employers by publication on the website of the Labour Inspection. For the proper development of labour relations, the parti...

This article is generated by a case decided by the courts specialized in settling employment disputes in Bucharest and by the comments on this topic published in the journal Dreptul no. 10/2020. It is noted, which is an error, that the courts confused dismissal with the termination of the individual employment contract during the trial period. On the contrary, these are two distinct ways of permanently terminating...